American Moot Court Association
2023-2024 Problem
2023-2024 Problem and changes
- Whether the United States Constitution guarantees a right of privacy that includes a right to use contraception, including whether Griswold v. Connecticut and Eisenstadt v. Baird should be revisited?
- Whether Olympus’s “REAP WHAT YOU SOW Act” as applied to Respondent violates the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, including whether Employment Division, Department of Human Resources of Oregon v. Smith should be revisited?
Brief of the Writ of Certiorari.
UMD Moot Court Handbook
Issue 1 Cases
Whether the United States Constitution guarantees a right of privacy that includes a right to use contraception, including whether Griswold v. Connecticut and Eisenstadt v. Baird should be revisited?
- Roberson v Rochester Folding Box Co., (New York Court of Appeals) 171 N.Y. 538 (1902)
- United States v. One Package, 86 F. 2d 737 (2d Cir. 1936)
- Griswold v. Connecticut, 381 U.S. 479 (1965)
- Eisenstadt v. Baird, 405 U.S. 438 (1972)
- Washington v. Glucksberg, 521 U.S. 702 (1997) ~90 pages
- Lawrence v. Texas, 539 U.S. 558 (2003)
- Obergefell v. Hodges, 576 U.S. 644 (2015)
- Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization, 597 U.S. ___, 142 S. Ct. 2228 (2022)
- Deanda v. Becerra, No. 2:20-CV-092-Z, slip op. (N.D. Tex. Dec. 8, 2022)
Issue 2 Cases
Whether Olympus’s “REAP WHAT YOU SOW Act” as applied to Respondent violates the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, including whether Employment Division, Department of Human Resources of Oregon v. Smith should be revisited?
- Reynolds v. United States, 98 U.S. 145 (1878) Reynolds v. United States :: 98 U.S. 145 (1878) ::
- Sherbert v. Verner, 374 U.S. 398 (1963) Sherbert v. Verner :: 374 U.S. 398 (1963) :: Justia US
- Wisconsin v. Yoder, 406 U.S. 205 (1972) Wisconsin v. Yoder :: 406 U.S. 205 (1972) :: Justia US
- Employment Division v. Smith, 494 U.S. 872 (1990) Employment Division v. Smith :: 494 U.S.
- Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye, Inc. v. City of Hialeah, 508 U.S. 520 (1993) Church of the
- Fulton v. City of Philadelphia, 593 U.S. ___, 141 S. Ct. 1868 (2021) Fulton v. Philadelphia :: 593
- Tandon v. Newsom, 593 U.S. ____, 141 S. Ct. 1294 (2021) 20a151_4g15.pdf (supremecourt.gov)
- Kennedy v. Bremerton School District, 597 U.S. ___, 142 S. Ct. 2407 (2022) Kennedy v.
- Bremerton School District :: 597 U.S. ___ (2022) :: Justia US Supreme Court Center
- Carson v. Makin, 596 U.S. ___, 142 S. Ct. 1987 (2022) Carson v. Makin :: 596 U.S. ___ (2022)
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